Can anyone tell me about ukeleles? I fried wants to play a song she know along with my banjo but I haven't heard it and don't know what key they play in, how to tune them other than "My dog has fleas". Help

"My dog has fleas" is the tuning pattern -- and plays the same as -- the top four strings of a guitar - D, G, B, E, with the exception that the D is a higher octave than the others. The chording is as though you had a guitar with two low strings missing.

"My dog has fleas" is the tuning pattern -- and plays the same as -- the top four strings of a guitar - D, G, B, E, with the exception that the D is a higher octave than the others. The chording is as though you had a guitar with two low strings missing.

For all of you haolis who want to learn about the ukulele(always pronounced "oo koo leh leh"!!) you can learn all the Hawaiian names for the parts of the instrument here Click here and a much more accurate version of how the ukulele got it's name here Ukulele Story

Ka hau`oli na`u, Mark. (The pleasure is mine) You should get the ukulele and start to play, you'll never regret it--if you know the guitar, you know where to put your fingers, but to get the real Aloha Spirit, you have to listen to the music, so check out Aloha Joe

They have the same relative tuning, although the actual notes that you tune to really depend on how brave you are-- Ten steel strings put an awful lot of stress on that tiny little body--

About five years ago, I got Grampa's old tiple out and strung it up with a set of Martin Tiple Strings--It took a while, but I got it strung and up to pitch--the sound was beautiful!! I couldn't help but play it, for about an hour--then I put it down, went into the kitchen for coffee, and suddenly heard a horrible springy noise--I ran back in, only to discover that the bridge had pulled right out!!